Ear, Nose and Throat Conditions: Children
(asked on 2nd September 2022) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with the Chief Executives of NHS Trusts on the availability of (a) grommet and (b) adenoid operations for children; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by
Maria Caulfield
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)
This question was answered on 7th September 2022
There have been no specific discussions. Integrated care boards are responsible for commissioning such services locally. The decision whether to offer these treatments in each case is a clinical decision agreed between the patient and clinician.